This book assesses whether a new category of actors-religious actors-has been constructed within international law. Religious actors, through their interpretati

This book assesses whether a new category of religious actors has been constructed within international law. Religious actors, through their interpretations of

This book seeks to argue that religious actors play a crucial role in the complex processes of entering or re-entering the public spheres of state, political, a

This volume presents a systematic collection of the various international legal sources that define the rights of religious minorities. In a time of increasing

"The 15 essays in this book began as papers presented at the Seventh Four Societies Conference hosted at Waseda University, Tokyo, in June 2018, by the Japanese